Hi! My name is Dan Hampton and I'm the breaking news manager for Patch's National Desk. Send tips and/or photos to dan.hampton@patch.com.
Previously: program manager for Patch's Test Kitchens, local editor on Long Island; and senior breaking news editor. Before Patch, I worked as a news associate at The Associated Press.
A Border collie named Saul was hiking with his owner last week near Tahoe National Forest when the man fell. Saul led rescuers to his owner.
Maximillion Wood of Indianola was playing on a slack line or zip line in Colorado when the tree broke and fell on him.
Authorities say Derick Madden drove into a family at Glacier National Park, then fired a shotgun at them, killing a father and daughter.
Police say 35 people were arrested for crowding, obstructing or incommoding. Among them: seventeen lawmakers, including Rep. Sara Jacobs.
U.S. Capitol Police arrested 17 lawmakers Tuesday for blocking traffic while protesting for abortion access. Among them: Rep. Jackie Speier.
U.S. Capitol Police arrested 17 lawmakers Tuesday for blocking traffic while protesting for abortion access. Among them: Rep. Barbara Lee.
Police say 35 people were arrested for crowding, obstructing or incommoding. Seventeen lawmakers were among those arrested.
Swastikas were etched into multiple vehicles in Berkeley over the weekend, according to reports. At least two victims are Jewish.
A Chico nurse was mauled to death by a grizzly bear last summer while biking in Montana. A new report calls it a rare "predatory attack."
Video posted on social media showed heavy black smoke and orange flames billowing into the sky at the Hoover Dam in Clark County, Nevada.
The non-custodial mother of Elena Johnson kidnapped the girl from her father's home in Muskegon Heights, police say.
Prosecutors will determine whether to file charges after a fetus was thrown in the trash at Cherokee Memorial Park and Funeral Home in Lodi.
An indoor mask mandate returned to the San Diego Unified School District after the county entered into "high" COVID-19 community level.
The Great Lakes Water Authority said it will deny all claims submitted to it after historic June 2021 floods that flooded Detroit basements.
Four Orange County deputies were hurt early Tuesday when authorities said they were hit in a chain-reaction crash during an arrest.
Fresno Councilman Nelson Orlando Esparza has been charged with attempted extortion. Prosecutors say he threatened a former city attorney.
A small plane crashed Sunday morning in Boulder County, igniting a wildfire. Federal aviation officials say four people died.
Uber must pay millions to over 65,000 people with disabilities wrongly charged wait-time fees for needing more time to get into the car.
"When I saw I had won the $6 million prize, I started shaking and showed my friend," he said. "We were both freaking out!”
A Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office helicopter that helped battle a wildfire crashed near Las Vegas, New Mexico. Four people died.
